21 Months Old

21 months have come and gone already...crazy how fast time goes by! There isn't anything huge to report for our little guy this month. He is learning new words and how to pronounce stuff everyday. He is responding more to questions with yes and no answers. He is enjoying playing with lots of trucks and trains as well as coloring and "reading" books. He is still wearing size 4 diapers, however I think we may start potty training in the next few months as he is hiding when he goes poop and when I ask him to change his diaper he goes to lay down right away. He is also wearing anywhere between 18-24 months and 3T depending on the brand and style. We just recently went up to a size 6 shoe. Again depending on the brand sometimes he is still a 5 or 5 & 1/2. He is using utensils to eat food and for the most part does fairly well until he starts playing with his food. Before you know it he has chocolate pudding all over himself. We have taken a time out from swim lessons. I felt that he wasn't learning anything new going to the lessons and since it's warm enough to be in our pool at home we have just been practicing at home. I hope to get him into one of those survival classes come fall/winter and then back to swim lessons after that. We also took our first family vacation to California this month. We went to San Diego for about 5 days. Lots of beach time and a day at Sea World. He loved seeing all of the animals in the tanks but not so much the shows. He also loved the beach! He was laughing so hard once he got comfortable with the sand and water. He would crack up from the waves "chasing" him. It was such a great trip! Next year we are planning to go to LEGOLAND. Just a few short months left before I have a 2 year old running crazy around my house. I love it though and am so ready for another baby...

 



20 Months Old

20 months old and counting...SAD. So close to turning two and every day gets a little bit closer. Our little boy is growing up and learning new things every day. He started learning to sign some words. We have taught him some as well as his new daycare lady, Staci. Of course the first thing he learned was cookie. He can now sign 4 words, cookie, please, eat and hat. We have been working on thank you and finished. We are also trying to introduce new activities to him such as more games and arts and crafts and learning new things like numbers and colors and shapes. He likes to figure out on his own how things work. He gets frustrated trying but still keeps going. He loves going to the library. He ran around excited to see all of the books since he LOVES to read stories with mom or dad. He also enjoyed feeding the ducks at the library, he was cracking up at how fast they were swimming to get the food we threw out. He is starting to form words better and communicate a little bit better. I feel like we have already entered the "terrible twos" phase. He throws fits when he hears the word NO and when I can't pick him up and hold him when he wants me to he loses it. He has lost all interest in swimming lessons so we are going to put them on hold for now. We will continue to practice lessons in our own pool at home and are hoping to enroll him into a survival and learn swim class next spring. Other than that mostly everything has stayed the same and consistent!